Planned health and safety tree works
Find out about our planned health and safety tree works.
For medium and large-sized trees, it is normal for the tree felling and stump removal to be done in 2 stages. This is due to the differing equipment required.
Every year the council undertakes a cycle of routine health and safety inspections as part of the council's cyclical tree maintenance programme.
The trees are inspected using Visual Tree Assessment (VTA) techniques, a standard approach to tree risk assessment, involving the diagnosis of structural defects, the evaluation of their significance from visible signs and the application of arboricultural biomechanical knowledge.
A number of issues were raised regarding the health of a number of trees. As a result, the following essential arboricultural safety works have been instructed.
Works will take place between September 2024
What we are working on
| Location | Ward | Species | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| OS 16 Kingsdowne Road | Surbiton Hill | Horse Chestnut | Fell & Grind Stump |
| OS 16 Kingsdowne | Surbiton Hill | Whitebeam | Fell & Grind Stump |
| Outside 8 Kingsdowne Road | Surbiton Hill | Horse Chestnut | Fell & grind to 30cm (major basal decay, rigidiporus round base) |
| OS 16 St Matthews Avenue | Surbiton Hill | Sweet Gum | Fell & Grind stump |
| Opposite Romsey Lodge South Terrace | Surbiton Hill | Sycamore | Fell |
| Opposite Romsey Lodge South Terrace | Surbiton Hill | Sycamore | Fell |
| OS 15 South borough Close | Surbiton Hill | Rowan | Fell and Grind |
| Outside 87 Mayfair Avenue | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (half dead, ganoderma round base) |
| Outside 7 Barnfield | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Whitebeam | Fell & grind to 30cm (mass inonotus throughout tree, in decline) |
| Opposite 83 Ellerton Road | Tolworth | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 13 Hamilton Avenue | Tolworth | Maple | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Between 7-9 Cranborne Avenue | Tolworth | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 17 Bolton Road | Chessington South & Malden Rushett | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (half dead) |
| Outside 5 Carlton Close | Chessington South & Malden Rushett | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| OS 139 Mansfield Road | Chessington South & Malden Rushett | Hawthorn | Fell & Grind |
| OS Preswylfa Green Lane | Chessington South & Malden Rushett | Conifer | Fell & Grind |
| OS 89 Highdown | Old Malden | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (ganoderma and decay at base) |
| Outside 37-42 Park Road House | Kingston Gate | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Right LC6 Kingsnympton Park | Kingston Gate housing | Birch | Fell & grind to 30cm (half dead) |
| Between 34-36 Cambridge Avenue | New Malden Village | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Opp Apex Tower, High Street, New Malden | New Malden Village | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Opp Apex Tower, High Street, New Malden | New Malden Village | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 64 Blagdon Road | New Malden Village | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 26 Cavendish Road | New Malden Village | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Left of 33 Cavendish Road | New Malden Village | Birch | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Opposite 24 Collingwood Avenue | King Georges & Sunray | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Between 5-7 Collingwood Avenue | King Georges & Sunray | Sycamore | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 42 Fircroft Road | King Georges & Sunray | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| OS 57 Keswick Avenue | Coombe Hill | Oak | Fell basal decay |
| Opposite 85 Grasmere Avenue | Coombe Hill | Sycamore | Fell and grind stump |
| OS 40 Derwent Avenue | Coombe Hill | Cherry | Fell and grind dead |
| Side of 65 Ullswater Crescent | Coombe Hill | Whitebeam | Fell and grind stump |
| OS 12 Coombe Lane West | Coombe Hill | Cherry | Fell & Grind |
| OS 129 Coombe Lane West | Coombe Hill | Pine | Fell |
| OS 168 Coombe Lane West | Coombe Hill | Birch | Fell |
| Kingsnympton Park opposite Henleights | Coombe Hill | Holly | Fell |
| Right of LC 9 Windermere Road | Coombe Hill | Cherry | Fell and Grind stump dead |
| OS 32 Windermere Road | Coombe Hill | Rowan | Fell and grind |
| Warboys Road | Coombe Hill | Hazel | Fell |
| Outside 103/105 Roebuck Avenue | Hook & Chessington North | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (ganoderma and decay at base) |
| Outside 13 Broomfield Road | Alexandra | Apple | Fell & grind to 30cm (Ganoderma at base, sparse canopy, whole tree in decline) |
| Outside 43 Elgar Avenue | Alexandra | Whitebeam | Fell & grind to 30cm (major tear out on driveway side of tree at crown break. extensive hollowing. no long term potential) |
Upcoming parks tree works
- Canbury Gardens 16th to 25th September 2024 (approximately 8 days)
- Kingfisher playground and park 26th September 2024
- Queens promenade 30th September to 2nd October 2024
- Fairfield Recreation Ground 3rd October to 15th October 2024 (approximately 10 days)
Be aware of footpath closures during this time.